Open AccessDevelopment of the conceptual framework for a quality improvement training programme for health professionals in the ministry of health and social services in Namibia
Author(s) -
Julia Paul Nangombe,
Hans Justus Amukugo
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
international journal of health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2309-1630
DOI - 10.14419/ijh.v4i1.6109
Subject(s) - christian ministry , context (archaeology) , quality (philosophy) , conceptual framework , health care , process (computing) , health professionals , public relations , medical education , nursing , psychology , medicine , sociology , political science , computer science , social science , paleontology , philosophy , epistemology , law , biology , operating system
This article describe the process followed by the researcher in the development of the conceptual framework for a quality improvement training programme for health professionals in the Ministry of Health and Social Services in Namibia. The conceptual framework of this study was based on the Practice Orientated Theory of Dickoff (1968) that assisted with explaining the concepts used in developing the quality improvement training programme for health professionals at the health facilities. Dickoff’ s (1968) practice orientated theory consists of the agent, recipients, context, procedure, dynamics, and the terminus. In this study, the agent was a quality specialist, the recipients were health professionals, the context was the health facilities, the dynamics were challenges that health professionals were experiencing; the procedure was the training programme, while the terminus was knowledgeable and skillful health professionals in quality health care delivery.